is a neighborhood located in the northern area of

Meguro, Tokyo is a Special wards of Tokyo, special ward in the Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. The English translation of its Japanese self-designation is Meguro City. The ward was founded on March 15, 1947. Meguro is predominantly residential in character ...

, Japan. Consisting of two ''

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''. As of October 1, 2020, the neighborhood has a population of 7,181.

Geography

It borders with

Komaba is a residential neighborhood in the northern area of Meguro, Tokyo, Japan. Consisting of four Japanese addressing system, districts, the neighborhood has a population of 6,847. The neighborhood is known as a center for education being the lo ...

in the north,

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in the east, and

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in the west.

History

Ōhashi was named after a bridge with the same name on the Meguro River. Formerly, the neighborhood was part of Komaba in the Village of Kamimeguro, District of Ebara. When address modernization was implemented in Japan, the neighborhood was planned to be named Aobadai 5-chōme and 6-chōme, but the residents hoped that it would be an independent neighborhood and thus it was named Ōhashi. Prior to the end of the

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, land in the north of Ohashi, was used as the location of cavalry and logistics training facilities for the

Imperial Japanese Army The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA; , ''Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun'', "Army of the Greater Japanese Empire") was the principal ground force of the Empire of Japan from 1871 to 1945. It played a central role in Japan’s rapid modernization during th ...

. High school sports facilities, public housing and the headquarters of the third division of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police now occupy this site.

Landmarks

* The northern section of the

Meguro River The is a river which flows through Tokyo, Japan. Its tributaries include the Kitazawa River and the Karasuyama River. The river flows into Tokyo Bay near the Tennōzu Isle Station. The river is in length and passes through Setagaya, Tokyo, Seta ...

, a popular venue for

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viewing, borders Ohashi. * The

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, a 400meter linear roof garden constructed 35 meters above street level covering the junction of two major expressways, opened in Ohashi in 2013. The road junction redevelopment also includes high rise residential housing, retail, a local government branch office, a library, community meeting rooms and outdoor sports facilities. *

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Ohashi Hospital

Transportation

Rail

Commuter rail service is provided by Ikejiri-Ohashi Station on the

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located in adjacent

Highways

Elevated road infrastructure for

Route 3 (Shuto Expressway) The , signed as Route 3 of the Shuto Expressway system and AH1 as a part of that route of the Asian Highway Network, is one of the radial routes of the tolled Shuto Expressway system in the Tokyo area. The elevated expressway was planned as a ...

and at ground level, Route 246, dominates the streetscene of central Ohashi.

Education

Meguro City Board of Education operates public elementary and junior high schools. Ohashi 1-

and parts of 2-chōme are zoned to Sugekari Elementary School ( 菅刈小学校). Other parts of 2-chōme are zoned to Komaba Elementary School ( 駒場小学校), and 2-chome 24-ban is zoned to Higashiyama Elementary School ( 東山小学校). Most of Ohashi is zoned to No. 1 (Dai-Ichi) Junior High School ( 第一中学校). The portion zoned to Higashiyama (2-chome 24-ban) instead feeds into Higashiyama Junior High School ( 東山中学校). Schools in Ohashi: * No. 1 (Dai-Ichi) Junior High School

References

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